Re: Explorer takes a long time changing directory's

From: Little E (LittleE_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:57:07 -0700

I don't get any error messages, it just takes a long time to do what I tell
it to do. After waiting it out, eventually it does change directory's, but it
takes a long time to do so.

Little E

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> Any recent changes tp printers, scanners or cameras?
>
> Any error messages in Event Viewer?
>
>
> Make an exact note of the precise text of any error message. Minor
> discrepancies can
> make it harder to search for information about the error message.
>
> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
> Event Viewer.
> When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event
> ID, Source
> and Description are important.
>
> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp
>
> Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you
> should double click
> for further information and you can copy using copy and paste.
> http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
> (Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)
>
> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
> click on the
> error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
> resembling two
> pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
> message
> (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the
> info from the
> Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make
> sure this is
> the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.
>
>
> --
>
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>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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> "Little E" <LittleE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8B4F39B7-57AF-4B36-9562-795DC352110B@microsoft.com...
> > My mother has a problem with her Windows XP, when using Windows
> > Explorer and
> > I click on the plus sign to expand My Computer, it takes about 3-5
> > mins. to
> > open. It does the same when I want to save a file to disk (when in any
> > program; Word, Excel, and so on)
> >
> > I've tried using Norton Antivirus to see if she has a virus, but it
> > doesn't
> > find anything (and yes it is updated). I've tried AdAware, Spy Sweeper
> > and
> > other ad ware type softwares, but nothing fixes the problem.
> >
> > I've tried alt-ctrl-del to see what else is running in the background,
> > but
> > that doesn't tell me anything.
> >
> > As for memory, she has 224 MB of RAM (more then enough to run Windows
> > XP
> > Home Edition) 1.2 GHz Intel Celeron processor.
> >
> > Anybody got any ideas on what's the problem and how to fix it?
>
>